Guide wheel for trawl nets



Jul 17 l Y 95l c. A. ABRAMowsKl 2,560,622

GUIDE WHEEL EoR TRAwL NETS original Filed Aug. 12, 1947 2 2 sh t ee s--Sheet l I N VENTOR CzEsLAw AABRAMOWSKI Z-mza; @wwf 0m/dam ATTORNEYS July 17, 1951 l c. A. ABRAMowsKl 2,560,622

GUIDE WHEEL FOR TRAWI.. NETS Original Filed Aug. 12, 1947 2 Sheets-SheetI 2 mvENToR CzEsLAw A. ABnAMowsm ATTORNEYS Patented July 17,v 1951 GUIDE WHEEL FOR TRAWL NETS Czeslaw A. Abramowski, Astoria, N. Y.

Original application August 12, 1947, Serial No.

768,193. Divided and this application December 9, 1949, Serial No. 132,115

(ci. Lia-9) 'A l This application which is a divlsionof my application Serial No. 768,193, filed August 12, 1947, and which now abandoned, has todo with an invention relating to a guide vwheel for trawl nets.

-An object of the invention is the provision of a i n guide wheel for a trawl net which serves to effectively spread the mouth of the net to the required degree in response to thespeed of the towing vessel.

Another object of theinvention is theJprovision of a guide wheel .for a trawl net which serves to effectively spread the mouth of the net to the required degree in response to the speed of the towing vessel, and without becoming embedded in the sea bottom.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a guide wheel for a trawl net which is substantially self-aligning in accordance with the direction of the tow, and which is adapted readily-to ride over obstacles encountered on the sea bottom.

In the drawings:

Figure l is a top plan View of one form of net embodying features of the instant invention, parts thereof being broken away, shown in towing or trolling position.

Figure 2 is a side elevational View of one of the rotary discs or guide wheels comprising a feature of the instant invention.

Figure 3 is a top plan view of the construction shown'in Figure 2, parts thereof being broken away.

Figure 4 is a perspective View of a constructional detail.

Figure 5 is a perspective view of a further con- I structional detail.

Similar reference characters refer to similar parts throughout the several views of the drawings.

Referring now to the drawings in detail, there is generally indicated at I a drag net, provided with a forward opening and head line II provided with a plurality of floats I2 comprising the top of the line. The net is also provided with a conventional ground line I3, upon which are mounted a plurality of rollers generally indicated at I4, and to be more fully described hereinafter, which are adapted to assist the passage of the ground line over the sea bottom.

The ground line I3 extends through one eye I of a stay I6 to a loop I1 (see Figure 4). The head line II extends through the other eye of the stay, which is provided with a metal boot I8, and terminates in the loop I1.

A bridle I9 leads from each loop I1 to a cats 3 Claims.

eye 20, from which back straps 2| lead to eyes 22 on a sphericalmember 23 comprising a portion of the guide wheel, generally indicated at 24.

From an aperture 25 of cats eye 20, a pennant 26 leads to an eye 21, also secured to the sphere 23.

Referring now to the guide wheel in detail, as best shown in Figures 2 and 3, it will be seen that the sphere 23 is .provided with a pair of spaced flanges 28 forming a track about the circumference of the sphere, which track is provided with a rotatably mounted disc 30, comprised of a plurality of quadrants 3l, secured in related assembly, as by tie strips 32, suitably riveted or bolted to adjacent quadrants. The interior of each of quadrant 3| is provided with a metal shoe 33 suitably bolted, as by bolt 34 to the sides thereof, each quadrant 3| being further provided on its peripheral rim with a track 35 of generally channel-shaped configuration, and secured in related assembly, as by a bolt or rivet 36.

It will now be seen that when the guide wheel is towed in a manner to be more. fully described hereinafter, the wheel or disc is free to rotate about the sphere 23. The inner side of the sphere 23, it being noted that one sphere is adapted to be positioned on either side of the mouth of the net, is provided with an arcuate or sector band 31. having a plurality of apertures 38 therein positioned centrally of the sphere, at substantially right angles to the disc 30. Additional arcuate or sector bands 39 which parallel the band 31 are also provided on opposite sides thereof in the vertical plane of the disc 30, and also provided with apertures 40.

Fore straps 4I are adapted to be positioned selectively in apertures 38 and 40 and secured therein in any desired conventional manner, the apertures selected being determined by the speed of the towing craft. Under certain conditions, as when trolling in shallow water, the fore straps are adapted to be attached to all three of straps or bands 31 and 39, while under other conditions,

as when trolling in deep water, a connection to Y the central strap 31 alone is necessary.

The fore straps 4I extend to suitable clips 42, from which warp lines 43 extend to the towing vessel.

I claim:

1. A guide wheel for a trawl net comprising a sphere, a track circumposed about sphere and flxedly secured to the latter, a disc rotatably mounted in said track, means on said sphere for attachment thereto of an end of each of a ground and a head line of the net, and means on said sphere and spaced from said rst named means for attachment thereto of an end of a warp line of a towing vessel, said last named means embodying a plur-ality of sector bands arranged in spaced relation with respect to each other and xedly secured to the periphery of said sphere on one side of said track, each of said bands being providedwith means forattachmentfthereto of forest-,rapscarrie-d by said" endet-fthe :warp line.

a sphere, a track circumposed about-saidfsphere and xedly secured to the latter, a"disc rotatably mounted in said track, means on' saidxsphereffor attachment thereto of an end ofieachofa ground and head line of the net,fandlmeans en s'aid sphere and spaced from said first namedrneans rangedin spacedfrelationwith respect to each lother andv fi'xedly secured"torthefperiphery of said :sphere on one side of saidatrackfueachpof. said i JoandsA beingv lprovided with v a1.plura1ity-of f ,aperl :turesa arranged in spaced relation therealong, ,the 3 apertures in the respective bands selectively recci-vingI forrlattachment iore` strapscarried by :said: end@ of the i warp eline.

13..:Afguide wheelefor Aait-rawl netzcornprising .1 -a sphere, atrackcircumposed about saiclasp'heref .-1andzxedflysecuredto the latter, a disci rotatably Amount-ed ynfsaidftrack, said-disc embodyinga relation and secured together at their meeting ends, means on said sphere for attachment thereto of an end of each of a ground and a head line of the net, and means on said sphere and spaced from said rst named means for attachment thereto of an end of a warp line extending from a towing vessel. said last named means em- 7^-bodynga plurality offsectonbands arranged in @spaced rlationayithtres-peet; to'y eacha'other and l0 2. A guide wheel for a trawl net comprising xedly secured to the periphery of said sphere ,Jion one side of said track, each of said bands being provided.-.withai plurality of apertures arranged in spaced" r`e1ation therealong, the apertures in vetherrespectivelLbands selectively receiving for attachment fore straps carried by said end of the warpiline.

'QCZESLAW A. ABRAMOWSKI.

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